Re: Soldering irons: made in America but designed in Russia?

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From: Robert Baer
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:03

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Allus Smith wrote:

> All this talk about soldering irons makes me think how crummy too 
> much American industrial design is.
> 
> Some US industrial design looks great but some looks downright, 
> well, Russian. 
> 
> Sure you can see crap-looking design in western Europe too but 
> there's a lot less of it than in the US.
> 
> Take soldering irons for example.  An ordinary soldering iron in 
> the US with unregulated temperature still has great big mofo screws 
> holding the tip. 
> 
> By comparison, my 30 year old British-made basic Antex is a sleek 
> looking baby and those Antexes are not particularly expensive.
> 
> Don't start me on the looks of cars!
> 
> 
   Well, i have seen what might be called a variant, where the tip 
screws into the heating section (from RatShop!).

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